In the following review, Drabelle offers a positive assessment of Light a Penny Candle, but argues that the novel drags toward the end.
[Light a Penny Candle] is worth reading for its insults alone...
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In the following interview, Binchy discusses her novels, her success with writing, and her journalism background.
The Irish author Maeve Binchy has a long list of international best-sellers to her ...
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In the following review of Evening Class, Zuravleff argues that—although Binchy is a skilled author—the threads between the different stories in the novel are weak.
I read [Evening Cl...
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In the following review, Knapp offers a positive assessment of Evening Class, but notes that several of the situations in the novel seem contrived and implausible.
Maeve Binchy's prolific pe...
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In the following review, Campbell offers a positive assessment of The Return Journey.
You've brushed your teeth and climbed into bed, and now comes the big decision: What to read before drif...
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In the following essay, Odone discusses how Binchy deals with male and female sexuality in her writing.
The news that Maeve Binchy, Britain's most popular female novelist, is to hang up her ...
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In the following positive review, Dooley lauds Binchy's characterization in Silver Wedding.
[In Silver Wedding,] Desmond Doyle, meek and mild and married almost 25 years to Deirdre O'...
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In the following mixed review, Dooley asserts that Binchy lacks sympathy for the characters in The Lilac Bus.
Along the roads of Ireland are signs bearing big, black dots—a reminder to those...
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In the following interview, Binchy discusses her childhood in Ireland, her publishing history, and her writing style.
“Maeve's already here,” says the desk clerk at Arbutus Lod...
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In the following essay, Binchy discusses her relationship with and the inspiration that she draws from her homeland, Ireland.
Maeve Binchy's newest bestseller [The Copper Beech] follows the ...
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Babies have bad taste in music.On the weekends, certain Manhattan women go around in funny shoes that look like a mixture of hiking boot, slipper and something a French schoolboy would wear.
When ...
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